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Buildings Maintenance Cost
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1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE RESEARCH
The main objectives of this research are as follows:
• To study and analyze the concept of building maintenance.
• To study the main factors affecting the building maintenance cost.
• To study some ways that help in managing building maintenance.
1.4 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The research commenced by reviewing and analyzing the relevant literature. Then, it gives an overview of the building maintenance cost concepts. Also, the factors affecting the building maintenance cost are explained. In addition, some maintenance management approaches that aim to reduce the maintenance costs of existing building are highlighted.
1.5 LITERATURE REVIEW
The British Former Minister of Public Building and Works recognized the importance of research in various aspects of building maintenance when he established the committee on building maintenance in 1965. In the three decades after World War II, research in the field was mainly directed at properties of materials and few of the results were actually implemented. Therefore, the relationship between design, maintenance, execution of maintenance, economic significance of maintenance, and the actual performance of the materials and components under varying condition should be considered (Al-Shiha, 1993).
In the early nineties, Neely developed data bases of takes that cover all maintenance work required over the building. The data bases include the entire component that could be found in buildings constructed by private industry and government agencies. The results of Neely identification include:
• All tasks that had to be performed to maintain the components in the standard operating order.
• All possible components that could exist in any building.
• Task resource information was developed for each task to record labor and materials resources.
• The labor hours required to perform each task was determined by dividing the task into sub task.
In the early nineties, researcher notes the heavy need to conduct such types of studies. Moreover, many researchers did specific studies related to their countries.
In 1993, Al-Shiha conducted a research discussing the effect of faulty design and construction factors on building maintenance. As a result, the most severe factors which affect the maintenance works and causes the high maintenance cost are determined as: inadequate structural design such as foundation, hiring unqualified designers, not complying with specification, not relating exterior materials selection to climate conditions, inadequate waterproofing and drainage, unqualified workplace, inability to read the dawning’s.
The criteria affecting the priority rating of public building maintenance works were studied by Al-Majed in the late nineties. Twenty three criteria were identified (i.e. Function of the building, location, initial cost… etc.). These criteria were classified into two major groups as follows:
• Building performance group: Twelve criteria which emphasis on the building.
• Managerial group: Eleven criteria which deal with decision-making process and behavior of decision maker.
Iqhwan in the early nineties proposed some concrete measures that can lead to the improvement of maintenance status in Saudi Arabia along the following dimension:
• Developing and enforcing sound of maintenance practices.
• Supporting researches in maintenance management systems appropriate to Saudi Arabia.
These measures are
• Study and assessment of maintenance status along with the two dimensions.
• Development of adequate maintenance management information education program.
In conclusion, many researchers highlighted the importance of maintenance.
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